In Romania the most frequently used system is one division with matches played home and away. A number of associations prefer 2 or even 4 parallel divisions with the teams finishing first meeting in a play-off to decide the champion.

The number of teams differ from one county association to another. The Dolj County association has 20 teams. The champions of each county association play one another in a play-off to promote to the Liga III.

Geographical criteria are taken into consideration when the play-offs are drawn. In total there are 41 county champions plus the Bucharest municipal champion.

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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The first match of the 3. Dynamo Dresden won the match 1—0, with Halil Savran scoring the only goal in the closing stages of the first half.

The teams which are not reserve teams of Bundesliga teams among the 20 teams in the league compete for promotion to the 2.

Bundesliga, while the three bottom teams are relegated to one of the five Regionalligen: If, however, a reserve team is playing in the 3.

Liga and the respective first team is relegated to the 3. Liga, the reserve team will be relegated to the Regionalliga regardless of its league position.

At the end of the —08 season, the two best non- reserve teams from each of the two divisions of the Regionalliga were promoted to the 2.

The teams ranked third to tenth in both Regionalliga entered the new 3. Liga, joining the four teams relegated from the 2. Bundesliga to form the new team league.

Teams finishing 11th or lower in their Regionalliga remained where they were. On 18 May , at the end of the —08 2. Bundesliga season , four clubs were relegated from the 2.

Bundesliga and became charter members of the 3. From the Regionalliga Nord: The winner and runner-up in a given season are automatically promoted to the 2.

Teams placing in the bottom three are automatically sent to the Regionalliga. Up to and including the —18 season the top goal scorers, attendance statistics and records for the league are:.

The following clubs have played in the league and achieved the following final positions: At the end of the regular season the third placed team in the 3.

Liga play the 16th placed team in the 2. Bundesliga over two matches. The overall winner plays in the 2.

Bundesliga in the following season, and the loser in the 3. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the third-tier national association football league in Germany.

For other uses, see 3. For more details on this topic, see History of German football. FC Magdeburg 17, —18 [14] 2,, 6, 1. Promotion to the 2.

Promotion to the 3. Retrieved 19 July Archived from the original pdf on 2 November Retrieved 2 December Retrieved 10 February